The Sun. — London, England, 1808-04-20 00:00:00

MAILS. Aaii:xtran—t Dtf,!in, r t'J a tr•-f; w l. Cottenburgh, 3 Waterford. OF STOCKS 13.4' If it r rvirsiof-4.O'CL'OCK. Consol • 65i g- THE SUN. SOLIM' QUIS AICYAL FALIUM'VtUDEAT L 0 N D 0 IV, WEDNUSDA.Y, APRIL 20, 180 S. ,Wa have strong reason to believe. that the Squa dron which *as seen by the Mullet, and yhich was supposed to have been the Rochefort,Sqoadron, was, fad, the one commanded by Sir J. DucxwoliTH, If the RoChefort Squadron had really been in the latitude and longitude in which' they were ipppoied to have been seen by the Mullet, it. was almost im possible but that Sir JOHN inust have fallen in with them. That gallant Admiral, however, hav ing visited the West India Islands, and the American Coast, and not having succeeded either in finding the Enemy, or obtaining any intelligence of them,. returned to Etirope. On Monday evening a Squadron . of 5 Sail of the Line was seen from N e ' Rer Tower,' standing towards Plymouth, d there an • can be no doubt that' this was Si r JOHN. Ductc.- WORTH'S Squadron. There mi , ..or be some mistake in the Letter from. Greep' .uck, which we yeiterday laid before . our Re- • «d den, and which was 'copied ,into the Murrain .g Papers, respeding thel:uryaius Fri gate, which was stated to have looked into the Jhesapeake, - for the Euryalus has been'at 'the Note for some weeks past. The 'Military force destined to assist our Gallant Ally, the &tow of Swarms', will be dispatched we believe in .a very few days. It, is to consist of 10,000 men; viz. 6000 British and 4000 of the ber m' an Le ion and we believer they are to be com inaptied by that excellent Officer Sir J. MOORE. The Width RegitOEXltli to.. be employed, on this service lre n the 4th, 20th, 79th, 92(1, 414:, Admiral Sir /AV MS SAUMAtin left Town yester day..for Chatham, to hoist his Flag on board the ,Viarry, as Cummander in Chief of the Baltic Squaikon. WE should be much surprised 'at' the continual attactis upon the condu6t of our Naval Administra tiOn,, which appear in a Public Print, if we had pot reason to believe that they have their origin in a quarter where nothing but discontent will prevail as li,ng as a certain Individual is not placed at 'the bead of that AdMinistration. Hence we can ac count for all the misrepresentations which have .been made respecting the state of Sir RICH4RD SMACHAN'S want of provisions, and which were renewed after irrefragable proof of their fallacy ap peared' in the published Letter froin:,Sir Ittcha RD, thinking the Lords of ' the Admiralty' for the prompt and ample supplies 'they had afforded him. The great (:,, , mplaint now against the Naval Department oi our Government is, the want of exact information re , ipeciiug the French Squadron which has so long been at sea, though the persons who suggest this complaint will not presume to assert that every pos. cable' endeavour has not been made by our Ad ratty to discover its situation, and though oar gal- lank bailor; hare been scouring the sea hi all direc- flans, in order to fall in with the Enemy. Events w,ll bappen that baffle .tbe utmost-vigilance and wisdom. nut because sotne of the Wriitielo ta- vebr of Govern:nen' have ;aid that thoy b eg in i n think" the French Squadron in question has glover , entered the 'Medi terranea ~these words'are sneerii g. ly a nd taantiryly thrown against the Admiralty Board, as if they were to be responske for, hitli,t4ite or tho,, who are called niAerial Writers, oi• for the conjeCtores which those Writers i may tlliok proper tocornmunicatt to their Readers. But we.are told that Lord Sr. V ist *SINT used to keep a Frigate coratantly i Stationed the ;lay or 'off tine Cape of Tangier ; that Mr. GaimvlLLE, when at the, head of the Admiralty Board, followed his example, and that, if the pre. lent A'imir:lty Board had done the same, '" no hos tile fleet could enter the Mecliterrineau without our knowledge," We shall not discuss the policy, of thus stationing a Vessel off Taogici - ,. but we have no daol that if it has been deemed , a judicious measure, it has not escaped the discmitnent and the vigilance of the present Admiralty. Board.— But we may fairly venture to say, that if out present Adminity had thus stationed* VesfieLand Lord Sr. VINCI/NT had not done so, we should have seen a variety of sncciing comments upon the impolicyof thht very measure which is now so ttiumphantly p ailed, because it happened to be the Pian.of Lord . ST, VINCENT. Aa to Mr. Tu'omm,C4Rl7.l4Visttg : We 'have no 'doubt that be anxiously endeavouted to "*-Oropenoate for Ilk vrant of experience in oto by, ,, the as , idurni6 attention to his duty and ti.onglt we a“:t nor so absurd as ti) considi a want et success as a n nt!IN j) proof of xiair of kno and capacity, yet weitsdithsly (, 110 temon to com pliment that Gentletuatrots the prusverouss restw any, measures that. _f:solc. place while he wa3 Ow he.t4 of the Naval Doparrin..lr,t; We cannot dude without eNsp; - eossing our regret that Visitors . who often manifest a disposition to support G.)vern-.. mint at tins awful cri.ii, when the Continent . of Europe is wholly prostrate at the foot'of an irape - ri. ous Usurper, who never can be satisfied fill he has brought this Country t o a s till Mori disgraceful and ruinous condition, should. PO frequently endeav•Air to depreciate that Depat:tsuont of . our National ser• vice by which our independence an 4 btCplity be chiefly maintained. • • On tionday mornin H g is MAJirrt, the puke of • KENT Prince se, AUGUSTA acid SOPHIA, aCcompa niect by. Lady BUCKLKY, Count Mutts - ma; Getterals FiTZROYand'GwYNNE; 100 k. an airing on.norseback in Windsor Great Park, at twelte d'clook. • • His NIA.JesZY is not (Ap t , , cted in towel this day: The Duke of Cothathou left Wiothor on Mon day for Lontitin, tis Oil the Archbishop of CANT;R BUttY, for his Pallce at Lambeth. • The West cout:-:ary India Convoy has been compell e d by . winds to put back.to St. fitlen's. fibs COrtitnissiOneri ut l‘tilitaiy , Inquiry-10;4i Tyro ceeded hi) far with the Dcp.tetntatit of • thelAfrayOf fice, that their R e p ort i s c%petaed to belaki!oetore Parliament loon after the recess. .• The Speaker of the'Fignie .Conunons hag no tified ,his having recei‘ - ed the Cominissioners'''',•torn, iromlreland, of the evidence on tht- - Thst - hiin Uni versity Eiettion, and dire&ed the Committee tti'rp- : assemble, i.. order to• take the same into con:iinera lion, on .Tuesday the - ad Of May. An 'account ha% been tai vii of the notices, tions,'and divisions, which look place in during the laic '‘winter months, on the subject of the Orden,- in Council :.they amount to - --Not ices oiven, 24 ; lotions for Papers and DOates,, '46 ; °Divi sions, sb. , It is said that the voyage of the Dilke of OR LEANS, for the Mediterranean, haki in view an im portant political objea. • The army under Sii GEoRGn Paevos.r and Gene ral lioutitmotr, it is calculated, will, hedisewl - +irkedd at HaLfax before the Itodietort Squadron can ltaVe reached that quarter. We have rea:ton to . believe that a part art he .tni- Nary' force under tut; command of General StUDlCitt is destined for the protection of Sardinia ; upon which Island the Luerny lave fur Some time meditated an attack. . The 61 st Regiment is going to Guernsey, to be completed for servien, under tie eye of that excellent Utficer General Sir Joaw DOYLE. ." We understand that the Portuguese Ambassador ha 4 at length relaxed in his prohibition of cotton piece goous to the Braiils. The contests between the rival •Chiefs in' Hayti cannot be viewed without some interest by a British public. CURISTOPHEii decidedly' to the Inm - eat Of &gland, and at pre.ent, a consillyablit c..1 , 1e, with the viorts in' his po,session. ri veil ; p*.; TtOit i inppostid to have an understandiut vitii BUOPAPARTB. though he dare , not yet avow a eo,) neetion with France. Captain'GOMPALL, there/ere,' when he'fought in behalf of Cgatiroritst, aerVed the interest of his own Country.. Besides the Bulletin given in our Paper of Yester day, Cnats-rorne has published otw,.,dated Feb. 29, giving an account of some advantages obtained over his rival by land, in the parish of Mirabalais..—. Cid aISTOPH A'S troops were commanded by ToVa., SAINT, a son, we believe, of. the unfortunate Chief. who perished in a French 'prison under the tortures of BuoNAPARTE. There is reason' to expea that the next arrival from St. Dotningo will bring an ac. coont of the complete discomfiture of PETION. CiflilSTOrill: has under his command more 40,000 well disciplined troopS, and . is in posiession of several strong places. PETION, on the contrary, hash but few troops, and those almost entirely new recruits. JosErnlE DeSSALINEs.r—This Dowager Empress has not :only been permitted by the popular successor of her husband, to reside in the capital of St. Do. mingo, but has receisted from him 30,000 dollars in demnity tbr some property destroyed by PETION. , Being as prudent and wise in, adversity, as she had been modest and humane in prosperity,, she has .for gotten her temporary elevation to reasetnber her na tive obscurity. She h,,s entered with spirit and he treaty into commercial transaetions, and is supposed to have, within 18 mouths, more that doubled upitat by the success attending her speculation. She has transtiA used all her ci-druant maids of honour into clerks; all her gentlemen in waiting into war ► !Joust:well ;.' all her pages into portera, and all het equerries and groom late waggoners and eartmen; . Every day upwards of - fifty persons dine under :her roof; and evtAk foreign , merchant or tra 4af* : et• ! spedability is her sumptuous table. As' reguhirity, indisstry;; : and • liberality, haVe . hitherto distinguished this:trading'npstart Suvereign; her te•L putation and credit increase, aisd her coMmercitsl cormeetion in England; as well as in America, are both numerous and wealthy. ;.She often declare. 4, that she is snore happy in her .magazine, than she was in her Palace, and that behind her counter bilt experiencei tramptillity unknown to - her when seated on a throne. • The Egypii.in Piece of Oiduauce in St. James's Park, mounted on a new carriage made of English oak, with cast iruu wheels on' a beautiful model, was yesterday exposed to public view. The different fi gurative entablatures, repoienting a .distant view of Camp before Alexandria, .and the Battle of Abotikir at sunset, to which, Aritannia is seen ex ultingly pointing, :together" with the Aligator, ,de scriptive of the River Nile, being finely bronzed, exhibit altogether a beautiful piece of British art and workmanship. *General JUNOT'S modest proposal should be first Ins' ered by requiring him to deduCt 11..rpoutlfa pro• vision for his 4rirly on its march home., and leave the rest to those frau whom he took it. The rirericli Emperor may have other iie ws regard to as a monarchy., hot his obvious Tux .;t to p,-Jvldtt for his vast armies, at iW expence whiehlie A i,ites to avert tram his Pro:A balietqs long as vio NAVAL NEWS. ravai Abe LONDON e;AZETI 146 • • • • Admiralty-0 . 11kt , , April fj, 1808. Copy rift ort Cetpt, Parker, of His Araf,:sto Skip Stately, to the Hon. W. lit. Pule, dated Zalands. Odde, .liarch 25. • SIR," Ur!used I trancrnit to you, for the information of my Lords Commis,ioneri of the Admiralty, a copy of my letter to Vice-Admiral kuits4li, acquainting him with the capture and , de'st tit/9km of the Dani 4) Ship of the Line Prince' Christian Frederick, of 74 ons, on the night of the ;12d of Maroh. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GORGE PARKER. His Majesty's Ship Stately, dr Zealands • Sin, Odde, elth March, I sds, . It is with much satisfaaion I have the honour to acquaintyou with the capture and destruCtion of the Danish Ship of the Line, Prince Christiau Frederick, of 74 guns.- Proeediniktowerds the Great Belt, in company with his ' Majesty's . ship Nassau, at two P.M. on the 22 d lust 'we'ehserved a strange sail ; and the signal being made to chase, at four P.M. Greenall on the coast of Jutland bearing .N.W..by N. distant ten miles, we discovered that it was an enemy; and at five P.M. aseertaieed the chase to be a Danish ship of the Line. I now saw that it was evidently the intention of the Enemy to raw his Ship on shore;.and as the night was approaching,' he might hope in our pursuit of him in . the dark, we would have the same fate. This, I have since been assured, was, his design. At 4,5* minutes past seven • P.M. Captain, Campbeli, in the Nassau, got up with the Enemy, and commenced .the action, and in a tew minutes after the Stately closed; a running fight wa?i new maintained for a considerable time, the Leetny fighting with great obstinacy, until Nye Ric^ q±eilth.l in getting very near, and gave some close broadsides, on which he struck, about half-past nine EM. At this moment the Ships were within two cables' length of the shor, at Zealand ; and be- . fore my First Peutemmt, who taut poksessiUtt of the Danish Ship, could cut away her anchor, she grounded. Fortunately this Ship nod the Na,,,u brought up near to her. During the remaining part Of the night - we were employed in taking out the prisoners ; and at day' light ot the 23d it was found iinpossible to get the 'captured Ship afloat, the wind blowing strong on the shore, and therefore the only course I could follow was to destroy her. Tbeuccessity for doing this and for placing our owe sh ips out of danger, soon became apparent as the Danes were prepar ing their artillery on the eOttit, and as our Ships were at anchor only two cables' length from the beach, they would have done us great injury. Atter removing the prisoners and wounded, to doing which we experienced much didiculty from the wind blowing strong, and a :good deal of sea rtte- Mug, the Enemy's Ship was set on tire in the even ing of the 23d, and in a short time blew up. - I am happy to say our loss has been small. It is trifling indeed, when compared with 4ite Enemy, where the slaughter was great, he bavineb killed , and Ks wounded'. We have, however. received Quo• ii t tet.ibirs damage it our toasts and. rigging. The Prince Christiau Fredefikk was a very fine Ship, copper-bolted, CoMmanded by Captain Jay son, with a complement of WO, men, and , having b 76 on board. I feel much indebted to Captain Campbell for, his zeal and ability in the commencement and during the adieu, and to the Officers, Ship's Company, and Royal Marines dills Ship. My warmest gratitude and praise are due fo the Officers and Seamen, and the Officers and Privates of Royal Marines of this Ship, for their brave and gallant conduct during the aaion ' displaying throughout the cool intrepidity of British Seamen. The same spirit animated both Ships. I beg leave to recommend, in the strongest man ner, to the patronage of my LOrds Commissioners of the Admiralty, Mr. David Sloan, my First Lieu tenant, to. whom I .ten greatly indebted, not only for hint brave and spirited condua in the anion, but also for his unwearied- exertion in removing the prisoners and wounded from the Danish Ship, and setting her on fire. He possesses, in an eminent de gree, every quality tequisite to form the -OttLer nd Seaman. „ Herewith you will receive a return of the killed and wounded. I have the honour to be, &c. (Siguett) GEO. PARKER. To Vice-Adnzirul Racs.w.ll, , List ul the Killedahti Inward. ' Slate/y-'2 seamen: z marines, killed; z 6 seamen, ma rines,' woialed. Total 42. Aauau r seaman, kitte..l; t t seamen, 5 it - wines, wound. ed ; ► s e aman, missing.. 'foul 17. Officer: wcunird. Slairly—Lieutenant Cole, slightly; Mr. Lemon, Boat_ swain, severely,; Mr. Davis, Master's Mate, slightly.: Nals.w —Mr. Edward 1. Johnson, Volunteer eat class, slightly., • . - • • (stoat) G.l'. 'Copy - of . a .tetter,frons Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Burt. commander its (Will in the Lisst to tr. MarSden, Esq. Stlip Chitoden, Illadras Roads, 061. Is. I the honour to. transmit to you, to be laid before the Right lion.' the Lords Cinntniiiioners of the Admiralty, a Letter kern Capt. Fleetwood Pel law, o f his Majesty's Ship Psyche, staling the cap ture of the Dutch Corvette Ship Scipio, of 24 guns, in Samarang Bay, in the Island of Java, on the 3 tst of August last, together with the Dutch Armed Brig cores, of 12 guns, and a large Merchant Ship under their convoy from Batavia, which have since arrived in safety at Madras. I have-only to express my en tire satisfa6tion at the judicious condud of Capt. FicetwOod Pellew on that occasion. I have the honour to be, Etc. = EDWARD PELLEW. [Ws gave Capt. F. Pellew's Letter in Ttig SUN of the ith inst.) PLYMOUTH, Atll/10 18..--On Friday night last, at 12. o'clock, the Sloop Four Sifters, Of this Port, fcapt, WILLIAMS, laden with eulm, from Wales, bound hither, was, run foul of near the Edystone, by a' stout 'Cutter, running down Channel before the wind (the nii;la being tstremely dark), when the (order received so much injut•y al to cause ber,ilA , mediately to,go down ; the Captain and crew rver♦ :°providentially saved in the Boat, and were after "`wards picked up by the Cutter which ran theta down, and landed at Lowe. Arrked Ihe Swallow,and Scorpion Sloops of Wig roar a: truize. Sailed La Fleche Sloop of War on a cruize in the Channel also the- Cdekatrfr.e Sloop of War, and Ertl:4e Excise Cutter, with a Fleet of Merchauttnes under convoy,' for the Downs, among which are several Danish Vessels, which are to discharge their carves at the London Docks. 11••••••111••••11 • FASAOUTH, APRIL 1 7.—Sailed this day hie Ma. iestY . :;::*ig Pilf;l, of is itins,Vith the folloWing Vesseli, viz.--4.41e, ANDiuiwS, Mary, DusylEart, Venus,..i.—:--, Ktivrinient, -"---,-, and Prince of Wales, —,.for Malta, and Diligent Store-ship, for Gib.: taltat, - iet join the outward-bound Mediterranean Fleet I about 4o Sail, under convoy of his Majesty's Ship Volontaire, of‘ to guns, and Seraph Store-ship, Were off this Port ; also Sailed the Espiegle Sloop of War ; of 1!,3 guns, with the Ship Falmouth, Capt. CATrim;ottron, for Cork, to join . ,the West India . Outward-bound Fleet assembling there; also hit, Majesty's Sul:0(mo Pickle, for Plymouth, pith im• pressed men ; and the brigs Miners and Jake, Witlf copper ore, for Swansea. Yesterday sailed the Prioress Charlotte Packet, Cipt. Gliiilors, with Mails of the 6th inst. for Bar , ..badoe ty and Jamaica;- and AIL Duke ty . Kent, ( pt. CoAtvaßTll, with Mails Of the sane* day, f9t Aalitat aiitiNew-Ywk i„ and this *mini the Anis" :wan. SI iip44lll,l4u.are, Capt. Feattithe, for Made ira ' —pip. W 1 P4ocrisourn, APRLU .—Put back Fits Ma* juty's Ships Me/pamehe, .stmarani/w, and i)ronsse diary, Witlt the Fleet for the West Indies. • • • 'Dim., APait. - 16.'.- . .eiallott lii . s MajestY 4 Shill . Leda for Sheerness. ~ - . . , •SHEERNEsi, APRIL Ilfr•*Sailed His hiailit7 o Ship% it:rie And . Stalling with the Fleet fee atte" ..' btirgh. Anat. 180—Amite(' the Deptford "Xkoder, jot. ANTRAM, • with' 67 men, ftnpressed in the eity.*l • Londat4aost of them prime s eamen ; among th,P) is a Sibeond and Third Mate belonging to an last Iffiltamatt. the l t H w , a n s L th G e . E t : . r y i : I Il l s oNann(Als TarLi)l:7llolotrmig:steSt3, ACKlPitt; Avtiieli arrived on S.u.nrday last at chi; place, and not t_he A : p -E lu o t te i t io. vta soi d ita rri lye bu d ite; as .stated by as' before. ..tappka,itif to stul4, Ciiiiii:t.Mllet4sotYrositSnio,ortyatur gape. . No rtil Sea ; and tbse Sloop, of I S 'guns, Gaiii.,---- .. MAiksat-L, from the Do A. ns . F Hutt, Aran. t B.—The Providence Goodwill, Cap' lain BaroGs, arrived . here on Saturday evettin g , 111)1 ' 1 London, and brings information, that on the E ani* with rigged topsaikyard and black sides , f ain morning, about six o'clock, a smack-built Pr ivateer, a Fleet of about 30 Sail of light Collier s, brought four of them to, Saltlieet bearing.W. by S 0-49 miles ; lowereci his stern boat, and boarded the m ; they at terwaras bore away with him, steering E. S. E. hP' peering to be captured. Captain Altleati could not positively ascertain whether the PriVatteCr was French or Danish), as she did not hoist any colours. with The warm and general impress for seamen which commenced on Friday sennight, and has ever since continued at all the ports, has pro:ured a large num bet. of seamen to the navy. It i s manifest that an extensive armament is in prepa ration. in the im press no protedioni were regarded , and many Coasting Vessels, of the inclu di ng even those e n g a g ed M the carr i age of fresh fish to the Lond on market, were stripped of their crews. I n consequence of this, several Vessels which were about to sail with Hewer* are detained. . . Com APRIL I*.s...We have much concern iu conirminicating the iota of the Perseverance ye ses, toi Packet,. Captain DONOVAN, on the mast of en Mesita) , morning, the sth inst. at thiee The Perseverance sa--ed tram Cork Harbour on i Sunday the'Jci instant, w ith a cargo on board, lo 7 a ft e n s u h m , fbreorm o f f th e passengers. s e . g s.evsday she cleared the harbour with the wind low'ng Towards nig h t the gait. n s r.. eve ilin g bfoe very much increased, and during the nigh t LL ,h a hurricane. The sea was running Mountains suis and in a short time stove in the CAW) WindtPW 6 :e r a the condition of the Vessel was then alararling - _,; -- f,, that exigency every e ffort t h a t (m id be maue her preservation was made by Capt. Dosovasf ° I) on Monday, the Storm still continuing, tie suppo se th W , hitnself to be near the Welch coast, which was ne" discernible, from the extreme roughness of the set. He consequently endeavoured to keep t he Vessel 03 but she became unmanageable by the helm, and 00* client only tO the .fury of the storm. On. Tdeb'l l Y morning, At, half past three o'clock, she struck o n a sandy part of, the coast of Wales. The situotion every person , on ,board was atibat time deplorable ;. taut ',the boats being got out with every expedition) an a an ebb, side affording some assistance, theft' ssengers and crew were all lauded, in safety. a shol time atter her striking the stern ported, and drifte out to sea. Her timbers, however, remained firm - .- ly together, iaiktil a part of the_ cargo was Sava which was effeeled with as niuch expedition as l'c'r able. pa Thursday, two days after she had gnu'," she went to pieces, After the-cargo had been la " - ed, a fortunate accident prevented it from the der so erten practised in' similar circumstances. icm111:, account:of the shipwreck reach ed Swane.t, crit ly ass troop , of Volunteer Cava lr y was abou t to be. dismissed after an inspe6tion, and they, with • Bd. inicatt creditable alacrity proceeded to th e place, 1 . 1 4, , immeditely took the property in charge. A._cfro siderahle quantity of the whi,key she liatkon : L n o , wail* atter landing--,it being found WSW • stray it auto to per'ittit the people who c"),`"l'4l